A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

touer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 31.4 0 9.9 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences6159 0 1 0 1 0
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of touer in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
t wi a room and a hauf-biggit touer. He scrammled up tae it yince on page 16

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hapel near tae whaur the roun touer o Abernethy stands yet. Here on page 81
t up the siller tae raise the touer that's still sittin there on on page 85
aw his lane in the brand-new touer, a bit like the fella that wi on page 86
cht his daily meal up tae the touer wis forbidden tae speak tae t on page 87
inside the was o the touer. A couple o masons then brick on page 88
Also on pages 89, 90
16 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
windaes wis a lang and brouky touer that wis slantit ower tae on page 20
he hoose, or up in o the high touer, whaur the bairns were telt n on page 30
hey decidit it must be in the touer, whaur they'd been telt no ta on page 61
he went up the stairs tae the touer whaur they wirnae tae gang. on page 78
heard Olaf strampin doon the touer stairs. When Coont Olaf daund on page 95
Also on pages 105, 107, 110, 111, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 128, 131, 132, 144, 148, 154, 155
37 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
bangs his heid aff the Eiffel Touer on page 22

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
on the north shore is Dryhope Touer ae-time hame o Mary Queen o S on page 65

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e dinna aw stap dwallin i the Touer o Babel, the recommendatiouns
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
A strang peel-touer, he thinks, but jist a rickle
1 matches

Orkney

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
and rages in its touer.
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hei wud perk his Rolls i the Touer Hotel car perk I Hawick, bot
1 matches

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